For more than two decades, municipalities across South Africa’s West Coast District grappled with a mounting waste crisis: small, scattered landfill sites, many of them unlined, overfilled, and poorly controlled, were becoming both environmental...
Long before his career in waste management, Jarrod “Rod” Ball used to swim in an abandoned quarry near his childhood home. One day, the municipality began dumping waste into it; an event that left a lasting impression. At that early age, Ball had...
There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies – everything from AI to wind turbines, as well as cellphones, electric vehicles and defense systems – depend...
The City of Johannesburg marks a major milestone in strengthening its water infrastructure with the official launch of the Brixton Reservoir and Water Tower, part of a broader programme to stabilise supply and build long-term resilience across the...
Construction on Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) marks significant progress on both core water infrastructure and supporting transport networks that will underpin long-term regional water security and economic development. The...
We are pleased to announce that the first draft programme for the WISA 2026 Biennial Conference is now available. This programme reflects the culmination of an extensive review process by the Technical Committee, bringing together a high-quality,...
The recent announcement by Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, about blacklisting 52 construction companies for poor performance and corruption marks a turning point for how South Africa handles public infrastructure...
When I first entered the water and sanitation sector after many years in the software industry, I had thought that the main challenges would be engineering; pipes, pumps, treatment plants, or politics, financing, budgets, and governance. Big,...
The temporary reduction in the general fuel levy introduced by government that was due to come to an end in early May, has been extended to June, the National Treasury and Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources said on Tuesday. “To provide...
President Ramaphosa recently announced government’s ambitious target of halving South Africa’s road deaths by 2030. With more than 12,000 lives lost on our roads each year, that goal is commendable, but the challenge remains considerable. Law...
